Police are investigating the former treasurer of Escondido Pop Warner Football and Cheer on suspicion of embezzling as much as $100,000 from the group and $45,000 or so from her one-time employer in San Marcos, according to authorities and court documents.

San Diego State coach Steve Fisher would love to have San Jose Archbishop Mitty center Aaron Gordon wearing an Aztecs uniform in 2013. After Friday night’s Division II state championship game, it’s easy to see why.

California's Thomas Shields won the 100-yard butterfly and the 100 backstroke Friday night to help the defending champion Golden Bears stretch their lead in the team standings at the NCAA men's swimming and diving championships.

Andrew Bynum had 28 points and nine rebounds, point guard Ramon Sessions had 20 points and 11 assists in his first start for the Lakers, and Los Angeles beat the Portland Trail Blazers 103-96 on Friday night.

Thomas Robinson kept missing easy buckets. Tyshawn Taylor had a shooting performance he'd rather soon forget. Kansas made just two shots from outside 5 feet, and seemed to be in constant trouble against North Carolina State.

Marje Everett, a longtime chairwoman of Hollywood Park from a prestigious racing family, died at her West Los Angeles home on Friday morning, according to racetrack spokesman Bob Mieszerski. She was 90.

Carlsbad High junior pitcher Slater Lee came about as close to a perfect game as possible Friday, striking out the only batter who reached base against him in a no-hitter that beat visiting Mission Hills 7-0.

A southeastern Pennsylvania church subjected members of a youth group to a mock kidnapping and interrogations without telling them it was staged, and the outraged mother of one 14-year-old girl has filed a complaint with police.

Kalyn Simon and Emily Dinger each scored 16 points as Archbishop Mitty of San Jose held off J.W. North of Riverside, 56-54, to win the California girls' Division II championship at Power Balance Pavilion Friday.

After nearly two years of unexpected setbacks, managers of the Oceanside Municipal Airport said plans are back on track to turn the aging general aviation airport into the top-notch operation the city wants.

Vista Community Clinic celebrated the opening of its 31,000-square-foot Joan and Ron Moss Women’s Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday afternoon. The clinic, which operates five clinic locations in Vista and Oceanside, is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. COURTESY PHOTO

When the first words out of a customer’s mouth are, “I love my view but I don’t like my dated house,” you know you’ve got your work cut out for you. Our design-build firm, Murray Lampert Construction, worked with a San Diego inventor and entrepreneur to transform his 1970s-era Del Cerro home into a modern showplace.